William heatley



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EATLEY, EWELRY CASE.

No.5 02,001. Patented Jul-y 25,1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HEATLEY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE DETECTER PATENTSAFETY POSTAL BOX SYNDICATE, LIMITED, OF SAME PLACE.

JEWELRY-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,001, dated July 25,1893.

A I Application filed August 31, 1892. Serial No. 444,640. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HEATLEY, builder, residing at 55 CurtainRoad, London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements inBoxes or Cases for Containing Jewelry or other Articles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of boxes, orcases, designed to contain articles of j ewelry. and other articlesduring transit by post, or other convey ance, or for other use.

111 the drawings Figure 1 shows by a side View, in perspective, the bodyof such a box, as it is the object of the invention to produce, and Fig.2 is an inside view of the lid for same. Fig. 3 is an edge view thereof.Fig.

4 is a cross section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1. shows grooves in abox inner walland Fig. 2. shows part insideview of a modified construction of lid adapted for larger sizes to bedescribed and Fig. 3 is an edge view thereof.

I form my improved box, or case, (Fig. 1) I with the two ends a. a, orsides I). b, and bottom 0 preferably in one piece, or inseparablewithoutleaving evidence of division, and this is attained by the pieceof wood to form those parts being bent, or creased, to form the anglesa, or b, and the other two sides, or walls I), or a as the case may be,are fastened by adhesive matter (as by glue) or connected by otherconnections, as by a number of wood pins, or rivets of suitablematerial, passed angularly through the abutting, or adjacent sides andserving to lock them together, or the gluing and locking may becombined. The lid, orcover (Fig. 2) is preferably formed with edges (1wholly, or partially mitered, or angle-edged and the edges (1 b, of thebox walls a. b also are made to correspond in angularity, to facilitatethe pressing down of the cover and also the spreading of those sides ofthe box in which are the slots or grooves, to enable the tongues of thecover to enter them.

Across the box lid 01, under side is or are applied by fixing byadhesive matter and pinning, or dovetailing (or otherwise) suitablysupplementing the hold of the glue to the connected wood su rfaces,inone or more directions cross pieces, or bars, d or equivalent parts theends (1 of which projecting are adapted and formed to engage sockets,ears, or stops within the box (herein shown as slots h in the sides I)on pressure being applied and a closed case is produced adapted toimpede, or prevent tampering with the contents.

The locking bar at when the cover is to be secured fixedly to the box,to protect its contents, is applied as follows: One of its projectionsor tongues d is'inserted or placed in one of the recesses b of the sidewalls of the box, and then by pressing down the cover and this bar (1which is on its under side,

the other projection or tongue (1 causes the opposite side or bothsides, of the box to yield or spring a little, sufficiently to allowthis last-named tongue to enter its adjacent recess b and thus lock thecover securely. The two ends of this box being thus snapped into place,any introduction of a knife or similar article in attempting to forcethe lid and box apart will either destroy, or leave visible trace of injury upon the box. Breakage necessarily follows the separation of thecover from the box.

Forlarger sizes of boxes, the slots b may each be formed in two, so asto leave a strengthening part, atthe points b and the bar (1 may be madecorrespondingly wider and notched top, or lid d are designed to giveelasticity to the bar and facilitate its insertion in the slots b Havingnow particularly described and ascertained the nature of mysaidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed,

I declare that what I claim is- A wooden box or case having beveled topedges and having side grooves in opposite faces of its walls, combinedwith a cover provided with a locking cross barhaving projecting tongues,and which when applied to the box and pressed down, cause the walls to 5spring slightly to lock the bar in such grooves, all substantially asset forth. 7

In testimony whereof I, the said WILLIAM HEATLEY, have hereunto set myhand this 19th day of August, 1892.

WILLIAM HEATLEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN GOODE HARE, ALFREDS. BROOKES.

